Metallic mating and framing member



March .24, 1953 R 2,632,534

METALLIC MATING AND FRAMING MEMBER Filed June 5, 1948 Q 2 SHEETS-SHEET l 12 IN E o 11 15 1 17 2 EMANUEL GRAY 25 BY ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 24, 1953 "UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE METALLIC AND FRAMING MEMBER Emanuell Gray, Far Rockaway, N. Y.

Application June 1948, Serial No. 31334.

2? Claims. 1

My invention relates particularly to anchorage or tie constructions for frames which frequently need to be assembled in panels with one frame arranged side by side or top to bottom with respect to another frame or in a wall construction.

One object is to provide simple, convenient and efiecti've. means for mounting or connecting such frames;

Another object is to provide means by which frames. may be. effectively mounted or connected- Without the use ofbolts, rivets, welds or screws.

Another objectis to provide a connection which is water and air tight.

7 Another object is to provide a simple, compact and light connecting device which can be readily made. according to a predetermined, standard for use with commercially made frames.

Another object is. to provide a construction especially adapted. for uniting adjacent metal frames such as are used for windows. doors and the like.

A. special object is to provide. a. mating bar tor connecting two metallic frames.

.Another object is. to provide. a bar which will conform itself to the corresponding edge of the members to. be joined.

' Another object is to. provide a. bar whose. web will be in tension when in place securing the edges of the. members. to be. joined.

Another object. is. to, provide. a self-ali-ning bar for connecting two frames or one. frame, to a. sup-- port.

Anothe objectis to provide. a form. of mating bar which'may alsobe used as a framing member.

. Another object is. to provide. a. bar which can; be used asamating, framingorglazing member. .Another object is to. provide a construction which permits of good architectural design with.

' wide.- latitude to the designer.

With. these objects in. View, I. provide. thema eina d s. of: t frames; with; roov s and ribs and providea tie bar of; special cross-section which has ribs; and grooves correspondin to: the:

rooves and ribs: of: the: frameand is: with chilionlty distortable; so as. to: adapt: it tothe irregularitiesr of the frames and enable av frame to be: connected to another frame orto an enclosing frame.

The accompanying drawing illustratesthe preferred form of my invention.

Fig; Iv is arfront. elevation. showing two.- main window frames connected together, each having,

a swinging sash; and; with overhead frames con;-

n otcd to the main. frames.

. Fig. is; an: enlar ed: horizontal cross-sectional;

2 view on the plane of the line 2-4 of Fig. 1 showing the details of one form of the invention invol'vin-g' two connected frames.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on the plane of line 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing the tie bar connecting the frame of a swinging sash to the frame of a fixed sash.

Fig; 4 is a perspective View of a fragment of a tie, mating, framing or connecting bar" used for connecting one frame to another or to a support. It may also beused as a framing" member.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional View showing a modified form of mating bar for connecting twofra-mes having sashes which open in opposite directions.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary face view showing the corner joint between two mating bars which border a stationary-- sash and amovable' sash on oneside and carrier glass on the'other side.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on the plane of the line- 1-1* of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a face view of the same parts looking at them from the inside, parts being broken away.

Fig. 9' is a sectional view of the parts of Fig; 6 taken on the plane of'theline 9-9. a

Fig. 10 is a sectional view showing a modified form of construction in which a special tie bar provides means for-mounting a window-frame in an outer wooden frame;

Fig; ll is: a sectional view showing a similar the bar formountinga fixed frame in the opening; 01 a masonry wall.

Fig. 12 shows a sectional view' of a window frame mounted in an opening in a wooden frame.

Fig. 13 is a cross-sectional view showing a special joint between two adjacent frame members:

In the form sho n in Fig, 1", there are four frames I, 8;, 9 and i8. Frames 1' and 8 are fixed frames and frames 9 and I0 have sashes I' I and [2 which may be hinged to swing in them. Thesef'ramesand sashes are preferably so designed and constructed that they can be made by a die-casting process. each in one piece. These frames in: the form shown are made of thesame cross-sectional size and shapeon all four sides so that they may be joinedin many diiierent arrangements by the same size and shape ot' matingbara.

One marginal' corner ofeac-h frame (tseaFig; 2'1 is provided with a. groove: IJ3 or Wshapcd; cross section having an inclined or bevelled-j approach edge I4- The othermargina-l corner of the frame has: a. projecting tongue I inclined on its; outer face and curved at; I26 on its: innerface and: ter-- minating in a. point; H: and having a. groove 18.

These grooves and inclines are designed, t

act with elements of the special mating, connecting or tie bar I9.

Bar I9 is formed of metal such for instance as an extruded aluminum alloy and has flanged heads such as an outer head 20 and an inner head 2| connected by a central web 22 at least a part of which is capable of being somewhat distorted so as to adapt the bar to slight irregularities in the shape or location of the frame members which are to be connected and to tightly hold the parts when assembled. The outer head 26 has two flanges with inclined under cut portion 23 to fit the inclined tongues I of the adjacent frames and grooves 2 1 to receive the points I! of the tongues I5. Each flange 25 has a bulbous end 26 to fit in a groove I8 of the frame. Each rib 21 on head 2| fits a groove I3 in a frame and the edge 28 fits the adjacent inner wall of the frame. The web 22 and head 2| are resilient and in fact capable of bending slightly so that when the ribs and groove are being assembled the flanges of head 2| and the web 22 war slightly in snapping the ribs 2'! into grooves I3.

In Fig. 3 I have shown two frames 8 and I9 assembled by means of a mating or tie bar IS in exactly the same manner that frames 5 and III are connected in Fig. 2. Frame 3 however has a drip flange 3| along its lower edge extending beyond the outer head of the bar I9.

To assemble the two frames of Fig. 2 or Fig. 3, the mating bar I9 is first attached to one frame by hooking the channel end of said bar on to the point ll of one frame and tilting the bar over until the rib 21 on the opposite head of the bar snaps into the groove I3 on the corner of the frame opposite the projecting tongue I5. The other frame is then attached to the bar by hooking its tongue I5 into the channel end of the bar and then tilting the frame until the opposite edge of the frame engages the flange of the outer head of the bar and the'rib 21 receives the groove I3 of the frame.

In the form shown in Fig. 5 two frames such as III, III and sashes such as I2 of Fig, 2 are connected so that one sash can open inwardly and the other outwardly. The two stationary frames I0, III in thi case are connected by a modified form of mating bar 35 in which the two grooved heads 36 and 3? correspond to the two halves of thehead 20 in Fig. 2 and the flanges 38 and 39 correspond to the two halves of the flange 2| of Fig. 2 so as to receive respectively the projections I1 and the grooves I3 of the stationary members.

In the construction shown in Figs. 6, '1, 8 and 9 i the horizontal tie bar i9 is connected to the upper edge of the frame member corresponding to that previously described as shown at the right in Figs. 6 and 7 and at the left in Fig. 8. At the left in Fig. 6 and in Fig. 9 the bar I9 serves to support the fixed glass lights All and 4| respectively where the ribs 21 serve to space the glass away from the flanges and serve as retainers for the putty bedding G2.

- In order to give suflicient clearance to the rib 23 the corners II of the frame members are set back slightly at 44 as indicated in Figs. 6 and 8.

In the form shown in Fig. a special form of framing bar 50 is provided in order to position the frame III in the openin of a wood frame 5|. One end of the bar 59 is provided with a grooved head 52 to receive the flange I! of a frame. The other edge of the bar is provided with a flange 53 which corresponds with the flange 2| of the bar shown in Fig. 4 for coaction with a groove I3 in the frame member ID. In this case the bar is provided with a flange 54 for attachment to the outer face of the wooden frame and has a return flange 55 serving as a finish andtrim to receive the cement 56 or the like. The other edge of the bar is provided with a socket 51 for receiving the edge of the trim 58 which is secured to the inner face of the surrounding frame 5|. It will be seen that this bar 50 has many of the features of the mating bar of Fig. 4.

Fig. 11 shows the same form of bar as in Fig. 10. In this case the bar 59 is secured to the masonry wall 6|! by a number of anchorplates 6| set into the wall. For this purpose the framin bar 50 is provided with flanges or projections 62 and 63 which fit into slots 64 and B5 of the anchor pieces 6|. The glass 66 in this case is mounted directly against the outer face of the flange 53 and secured by putty or the like in a manner similar to that shown in Fig. 9.

The flange 5:! serves as a weathering stop between the masonry courses, and the flange forms a pocket 6? to receive suitable caulking or packing.

In the form shown in Fig. 12 the frame member II] is mounted in a wooden frame I6 and is held in place by the extended flange I? which projects into a slot II in the outer frame. This outer frame It is slotted to receive the flange I! of the window frame and is built about the window frame before the wooden frame is installed. Thi connection requires no screws or nails whatever to secure the window frame in the outer frame which may constitute or have suitable trim.

Fig. 13 shows a joint formed between two frames It and I6 (similar to and 8) in which the frames are oppositely disposed and tongues I5 and I5 are pointed toward each other. -In this case the bar I9 may constitute a framing bar. A special section bar I9 has a head 2|) somewhat similar to head 2|] of Fig. 4 but with a tongue point I? which fits into the head 20 of bar I9. The opposite edge of bar I9 has a flange 2| like flange 2| of bar I9 and has a flange 2|" offset from the plane of flange 2| so as to to overlap flange 2| or bar I9. Theparts can thus be easily assembled and held together by rivets, screws or other fastening devices 2 I It will be noted that the central web of the mating bar is of curved cross-section instead of flat in the ordinary I beam. This makes the mating bar somewhat resiliently compressible and expandible in a plane at right angles to the inner and outer flanges so that the bar is capable of sufiicient distortion to facilitate connection of the frames to be joined. When the frames have been joined by the mating bar the central web is under tension which draws the frames tightly together.

It will be seen that the frames and mating bar are provided with cooperating beveled or round edge portions and grooves or recesses which enable the erector to join the parts on the job with a maximum facility. In fact the parts 7 are so joined as to produce in efiect a rigid integral whole. Because of the 'distortionable characteristic of the improved bar it is possible to build or assemble the parts by stages requiring but little pressure. When assembled, it forms a central web arched transversely along its length,'

oppositely extending flanges along one edge of the central web, each flange having a locking rib along its inner surface for interlocking with the grooved edges of the members to be connected, and a relatively rigid head extending along the opposite edge of the central web, said head having an undercut groove along each of its opposite sides for interlocking with the adjacent edges of the members to be connected, said mating bar being compressible and expandible by reason of the arched formation of the central web.

2. As an article of manufacture, a mating bar for uniting two members which have grooved edges, said mating bar comprising an elongated central web arched transversely along its length, oppositely extending flanges along one edge of the central web, each flange having a locking rib along its inner surface for interlocking with the grooved edges of the members to be connected, said flanges being resilient to permit them to yield along longitudinal axes, and a relatively rigid head extending along the opposite edge of the central Web, said head having an undercut groove along each of its opposite sides for interlocking with the adjacent edges of the members to be connected, said mating bar being compressible and expandible by reason of the arched formation of the central web.

EMANUEL GRAY.

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